CHINESE PHILOSOPHERS REFERRED TO THE ORGANIC PROCESSION OF EVENTS as the Tao or “the Way,” and extolled the art of living in harmony with nature. Over the course of his career, analyst David Rosen has made a study of this philosophy. In The Tao of Jung (1996), he...
Your Wild Soul Story
posted by Valerie Andrews
WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM WILDNESS? And why should we cultivate it in ourselves? In childhood, we have the capacity to move among the many eras of the earth–to see the land as an animal does; to experience the sky from the perspective of a flower or a bee; to feel the earth quiver and...
From Hate to Hope
posted by Valerie Andrews
IT’S NOT AN EASY TIME TO BE AN AMERICAN. In an era of global uncertainty, our nation is threatened from within by a growing cadre of home-grown hate groups. As president, Donald Trump has blamed immigrants for everything from stealing jobs to hatching terrorist plots–encouraged...
The Artemis Effect: ...
posted by Valerie Andrews
IT’S A CRISP FALL MORNING. The auditorium of the New York Hilton is packed and I am about to convene a national conference on equal opportunity for women in the workplace. The television crews are already in place, and I take a deep breath as I walk to the podium, knowing we are about to make...
The Inner Economy
posted by Valerie Andrews
IMAGINE NO MORE DRUDGERY—just years ahead of doing what you love. Work is never boring because it keeps evolving. You don’t have to deal with difficult bosses or the dark side of office politics. You’ve taken charge of your career and become the CEO of your own life. This is the future...
Love in a Cold Tank
posted by Valerie Andrews
THE LOBSTER IS A DYSTOPIAN COMEDY where being single is a crime. Jilted by his wife, Dave checks into a government-run hotel where everyone is forced to couple off. Guests have forty-five days to secure a mate or be changed into the animal of their choice. When he fails to find a partner,...
The Bold Woman
posted by Valerie Andrews
A NEW FEMALE ARCHETYPE is emerging—that of the passionate pathfinder and committed activist. Jean Shinoda Bolen describes the rise of the bold woman in her new book, Artemis: The Indomitable Spirit in Every Woman. In Greek mythology, Artemis was a hunter with an unerring aim, known for...
Your True Nature
posted by Valerie Andrews
INTROVERTS CAME INTO THE MAINSTREAM with Susan Cain’s best-selling book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Cannot Stop Talking (2013). What Quiet has done for those who process their experience inwardly, To Live in the World as Ourselves does for the entire scheme of Jung’s...
America First, Me Fi...
posted by Valerie Andrews
OUR NATION IS SUFFERING FROM A VOLATILE COMPLEX combining trauma, narcissism and explosive rage. How did we get there and what can we do about it? In A Clear and Present Danger: Narcissism in the Era of Donald Trump, a group of prominent psychoanalysts warn that the entire county...